German SPD boss Gabriel will challenge Merkel in election, Bild says
BERLIN (Reuters) – The chairman of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), Sigmar Gabriel, has decided to run against conservative Angela Merkel for the chancellorship in September’s federal election, the newspaper Bild reported on Tuesday.
Policeman wounded in gun attack outside Greek socialist party office
ATHENS (Reuters) – Attackers shot at riot police guarding the offices of Greece’s socialist Democratic Alliance party in central Athens early on Tuesday, slightly wounding one officer, Greek police said.
Sulu Sea kidnappings a threat to merchant shipping: report
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The Sulu Sea between eastern Malaysia and the Philippines has become dangerous for merchant shipping due to rising threat of kidnappings, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said on Tuesday.
Turkey’s parliament votes to press on with constitutional reform debate
ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish parliament voted on Tuesday to press on with debate about a constitutional reform package that would expand the powers of President Tayyip Erdogan, taking another step on the path towards an executive presidency.
Pirates attack fishing boat in Philippine south, eight killed: coast guard
MANILA (Reuters) – Armed men killed eight fishermen in what appeared to be an attack by pirates in dangerous waters in the southern Philippines, a coast guard spokesman said on Tuesday.
Cuba names counter-intelligence chief as Interior Minister
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba on Monday named Vice Admiral Julio Cesar Gandarilla to the powerful post of Interior Minister, replacing Fernandez Godin, who died on Friday at the age of 78.
Japan says always gathering information on North Korea’s nuclear missiles
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is always gathering and analysing information on North Korea’s nuclear missile situation with great interest, its top government spokesman said on Tuesday.
Norway seeks to overturn ruling it violated killer Breivik’s rights
SKIEN, Norway (Reuters) – Norway will appeal on Tuesday against a court ruling that it violated the human rights of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik by keeping him too isolated in jail after he massacred 77 people in 2011.
Taiwan courts Central America after U.S. visit angers China
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen praised Honduras for its loyalty on Monday at the start of a trip to four Central American nations aimed at strengthening ties, days after she met U.S. lawmakers in Texas on a visit that angered …
More women lawmakers needed in UK as numbers ‘shockingly low’: report
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The number of women parliamentarians in Britain is “shockingly low” and the government should set targets to achieve equal representation by 2030, British lawmakers said in a report on Tuesday.
